Messengers of Peace (Scouting) explained

Messengers of Peace
Type:Initiative
Established:2011

The Messengers of Peace (MoP) programme is an initiative by the World Organization of the Scout Movement, which along with the Scouts of the World Award and the World Scout Environment Programmes form the Better World Framework programme.[1] [2] [3] [4] Since 2011, Scouts have committed to projects, of various scales, to make the world a more peaceful place and logged their hours on the Messengers of Peace Global Network site.[2] [5] [6] [7] Projects fall into three categories: Personal, Community, Environment.[8]

The initiative is supported by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and King Carl XVI Gustaf, and follows on from the Gifts of Peace initiative to mark the centenary of Scouting in 2007.[9] [2] [10] Funding has been made available to support The Messengers of Peace Support Fund.[9]

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed as a Messenger of Peace Ambassador by the Africa Scout Region.[11] [12]

Trees For The World

Trees For The World is an international Scouts Messengers of Peace project for Scouts around the world, in which each Scout will plant a tree on the Saturday after Earth Day.[13]

The idea of Trees For The World started during the First Interamerican Leadership Training, with delegates of Argentina, Canada, Curaçao, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States brainstorming about the common problems that strike their nations. After a consensus, the creation of a long-term project that involved the Scouts of the world to spread a culture of peace and at the same time give an impact on their community was created.[14] In September 2014, Trees For The World received a Messengers of Peace Hero Award.[15]

The Trees For The World Organizing Committee (TFTWOC) (Spanish: Comité Organizador de Árboles Para El Mundo, COAPEM), founded in February 2014, is the group of Scouts involved in organizing and promoting the project. There are currently 12 TFTWOC members from 10 countries from the Interamerican Scout Region.

Trees For The World 2014 was open from April 26 to September 27, 2014. A total of 14,645 Scouts from 24 countries planted a total number of 57,161 trees.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Number of scouts to increase by 2017 . Masembe . Tambwe . 21 February 2016 . Daily News (Tanzania). 13 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Messengers of Peace (MoP) . 3 April 2016 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403025423/http://scout.org/node/32856/introduction.
  3. Web site: CASTLE SAUNDERSON PEACE AWARD . 24 March 2016 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324161638/http://www.castlesaunderson.com/activities/activities-peace-programme/ . 12 May 2016 .
  4. Web site: 2 . World Scouting-UNESCO World Heritage Recognition Initiative, Messengers of Peace Programme at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree. .
  5. Web site: 2012 . Scouts Around the Globe Are Creating World Peace . 21 October 2015 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151021061733/http://www.scouting.org/messengersofpeace.aspx .
  6. Web site: Messengers of Peace Information Sheet . 21 October 2015 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151021054816/http://www.scouting.org/Home/International/messengersofpeace/FactSheet.aspx.
  7. Web site: . 26 June 2015 . 13 May 2015 . 10 August 2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150810200019/http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2015/06/pack_1980_cub_scout_families_of_readington_end_yea.html . Pack 1980 Cub Scout Families of Readington end year with picnic, ceremony and camping . live.
  8. Web site: . 13 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140213214336/http://www.scouting.org/Home/International/messengersofpeace/ServiceProjectIdeas.aspx . Messengers of Peace Service Project Ideas. live .
  9. Web site: Messengers of Peace . 26 September 2014 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140926191425/http://www.international.scouts.com.au/programs-in-australia/messengers-of-peace .
  10. Web site: 2006 . WSF . 11 October 2006 . Gifts of Peace . live . 12 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061011055027/http://www.scout.org/front/0112Gifts.shtml . World Organisation of the Scout Movement.
  11. Web site: 13 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160513123603/https://www.naij.com/690756-finally-obasanjo-reveals-problem-nigeria.html . Selfish Leaders Are Responsible For Nigeria's Downfall . . 13 May 2016 . 2016 . Babajide . Orevba . live.
  12. Web site: 13 May 2016 . Induction Of Former President As Messenger Of Peace Ambassador . 12 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160513124022/https://www.scout.org/node/145951 . 13 May 2016 . . live.
  13. Web site: Trees for the World. 14 February 2014.
  14. Web site: Dropbox - Error.
  15. Web site: New Messengers of Peace Heroes Awarded in Saudi Arabia.
  16. Web site: Cub Scout Pack 920 Trees for the World MOP Project | World Scouting.
  17. Web site: Tree Planting at Bagong Silangan | World Scouting.
  18. Web site: Trees for the World 2014 in Panama | World Scouting.
  19. Web site: Trees for the World in Morocco | World Scouting.
  20. Web site: SICG vijesti.
  21. Web site: Trees for the World/ One scout One tree in Ivory Coast | World Scouting.

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